About Paul Carpenter

Paul Carpenter became a Chartered Engineer in 1978 and has worked in the Public and Private Sectors before becoming an engineering consultant. He also lectured to degree level for some ten years at technical colleges. He is passionate about railways and is an active volunteer in the heritage sector. He led the Spa Valley Railway extension to Eridge and is currently the Project Engineering Manager for the 4709 locomotive construction for the Great Western Society. Paul became a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2009 and currently works for London Underground as a Lead Designer and Senior Project Engineer.

About David Maidment

David Maidment was a senior manager with British Railways, with widespread experience of railway operating on the Western and London Midland Regions culminating in the role of Head of Safety Policy for the BRB after the Clapham Junction train accident. He retired in 1996, was a Principal Railway Safety Consultant with International Risk Management Services from 1996 to 2001 and founded the Railway Children charity (www.railwaychildren.org.uk) in 1995. He was awarded the OBE for services to the rail industry in 1996 and is now a frequent speaker on both the charity and his railway career and author of four novels, two non-fiction works on street children and over eighteen books for Pen & Sword’s locomotive portfolio series, the royalties from all being donated to the charity.